I purchased this product with my own money. Orgain has never given me anything for my thoughts or opinions. I know some reviews are skewed by the reviewers getting paid for good reviews. You are not getting that type of review here. I have purchased Orgain protein powder 33 times according to my amazon order summary. I have purchased it at a few other places when Amazon runs out as well. I like the taste, compared to other powders I have tried. It is not a DQ shake, but for a vegan protein shake it is good. I only mix it in smoothies with frozen fruits, and fresh produce. So the powder only provides a little sweetness and a lot of protein. If you hate all protein powders, you will probably hate this one too. Maybe if you hate all protein powders try drinking smoothies with just fruits and veggies, and get your protein from some other healthy source. I realize there is a subset of people that say "why smoothies"? Just eat food. I was not 326 lbs because I was eating healthy foods. I was in the camp of people that thought fruit was a waste of calories. I mean come on, 2 apples have the same calories as a candy bar. But what I have learned is that two apples will nourish and fuel your body, leaving you satisfied. Sugar just trashes your hormones and metabolism. Calories are not the only thing that made me fat. Excess calories from poor nutrition made me fat. Protein smoothies were my baby step in learning how to eat the right stuff. I knew what to eat. I just did not want to do it. Protein smoothies taste good to me. They helped me to learn how to like eating fruit. I now eat whole fruits in place of junk food. I also eat a lot of fruits in smoothies with Orgain powder. My overall review is fairly glowing, and I will let my 5 star rating stand, as I have lost over 100 lbs. The positive benefit of losing 100 lbs and keeping that weight off out weighs anything else for me. So maybe my thoughts are biased. Protein smoothies and an otherwise crappy diet will not help you lose 100 lbs. But protein smoothies, and education may help you learn your triggers to bad eating, and they may help you compensate for cravings, and learn new cravings. It will be a struggle, and it will take time. I do not use this powder in a shaker cup so I can not say how it does with those. I do use it as a component in a fairly complex smoothie with 3 or 4 types of fruit and some greens and juices. My smoothies are not low calorie. They are good calorie with great nutrition. They are not a full meal replacement, but they are close. My smoothies run about 300 calories per serving. I consider a meal 500 calories, for my size and activity level. The nice thing about a smoothie is you can pour what you need and share the rest with your family. My go to smoothies recipe is1 blendtec designer 625 blender with 4 sided jar4 oz of POM juice2 oz of lemon concentrate (gives fruit smoothies a jolly rancher effect)4 ounces of coconut milk. …this will make a thick smoothie, probably too thick for a ninja blender (been down that road) more liquid will help thin the smoothie if your blender cant handle it. When I had a ninja, the liquid had to be to the top of the greens at the least. 3 scoops orgain vanilla protein powder (that makes 33 grams of protein for the full pitcher of smoothie)2 handfuls of fresh organic power greens (sams club)2 handfuls of organic frozen strawberries (also sams club)1 handful frozen blackberry, raspberry, blueberry combo (Sams club as well)This will make a full jar of smoothie. 48 ounces I think. This is the family size recipie. Don’t drink this all your self!! As a meal, this will feed two people. As a snack it will feed 6. My life is great now at 215 lbs, and I am active. I can play with my kids and ride my bike to work. I could not do that at 326 lbs. Orgain protein powder helped me. It tasted good enough to make a new lifestyle possible. It has good organic ingredients. It is a great component in my organic smoothies, that we still have several times per week. Not everyone has the same goals, or problems I had. Your journey will be different. If you don’t find my review helpful, comment. I am not a flamer, I respect your opinion ( I also do not offend easily). I just want to do better reviews. Update:For the best price, what I have found is that I can order 4 of these every other month, in the subscribe and save program. I also order some gummy vitamins, so that gets me to the five items needed for the 15% off. Then I pay with my Amazon store card. that gets me another 5% off. SO I get 20% off each jug I order just by making sure I have 5 items shipped every time I get a subscribe and save. If you end up liking this product as much as I do, and don’t use as much, you can order 5 and then skip months until it is all gone. I think subscribe and save even has an every 6 months option. Doing it this way gives you five for the price of four. That is how I get the best deal. But other than that I pay the same price anyone else would, and those discounts are available to anyone. Good luck and happy smoothing! Check it out!

Okay, so I have received a few samples of Shakeology and I love it. What I don’t love, is the price. It’s $130 for a 30 day supply. I just can’t afford that. So, I took to the internet, to find a protein shake that is just as good. After googling "shakeology alternatives" I came across this product. I read the reviews, from several websites. My first concern was taste. Protein shakes can have a strange flavor and I have tried quit a few different ones. Secondly, the price needed to be reasonable. My protein came today and as I opened the box, I just kept saying "please let this be good!" Well, let me tell you, I was so pleasantly surprised. Yes! A great flavor. I made my usual shake of almond milk, protein powder, Pb fit, banana and spinach. I have always had to add a banana to my protein shakes, just so the taste would be bearable. With this, it’s sweet (and good enough tasting) that you don’t need to add banana. It is sweet, but it has a good flavor. The container is about 3/4 of the way full. This is standard, with powders. It’s smooth. It doesn’t have a strange aftertaste and it isn’t chalky. I am very pleased with the taste. (Please note that my picture, with the shake made, it is green because of the spinach. This does not have a green coloring, but a nice brown coloring, unless you add greens, to your shake. That will change the coloring of your shake, based on what you add to it).